• • • September 27, 1999 12:00AM PT Onegin Though this is very much an English rather than a Russian 'Onegin,' the heart of Pushkin's celebrated classic pumps firm and full in debuting director Martha Fiennes' richly textured pic version. Headlined by older brother Ralph Fiennes' commanding perf as the lassitudinous socialite brought low by a bad case of amorous mistiming, 'Onegin' may not appeal to more cynical viewers unprepared to take the emotional leap of faith the movie demands. But, in the hands of tony distribs, it could notch up warm specialized business in upscale situations. With: Evgeny Onegin.

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Dec 20, 2011 - Cover of Sight & Sound December 1999. Bored St Petersburg dandy Evgeny Onegin inherits his uncle's estate and decamps to the countryside. This film is also uniformly well acted, with Liv Tyler compelling as the. Find Onegin ( 1999 ) ( Eugene Onegin ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Germany ] at Amazon.com Movies & TV, home of thousands of titles on DVD.

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Jason Watkins Katiusha. Francesca Annis Though this is very much an English rather than a Russian “Onegin,” the heart of Pushkin’s celebrated classic pumps firm and full in debuting director Martha Fiennes’ richly textured pic version. Headlined by older brother Ralph Fiennes’ commanding perf as the lassitudinous socialite brought low by a bad case of amorous mistiming, “Onegin” may not appeal to more cynical viewers unprepared to take the emotional leap of faith the movie demands. But, in the hands of tony distribs, it could notch up warm specialized business in upscale situations. Pic is luxuriantly lensed by British d.p. Remi Adefarasin (“Sliding Doors,” “Elizabeth”), with a rich palette of deep blacks, snowy whites and warm ochers, and has a physical feel for the textures of clothing, fabrics and vittles. Despite its look, however, the movie is not so much concerned with scoring modern points about the moneyed classes as creating a resonant cinematic frame in which to tell a simple, rhapsodic tale of a sophisticate meeting his match in an uncomplicated young woman whose love he initially spurns.

More Reviews As befits a director who cut her teeth on commercials and musicvids, Martha Fiennes shows a natural talent for conciseness and individual moments combining music and imagery. The film has plenty: Onegin’s first glimpse of his future beloved has a magical quality in which time seems to stand still, and later sequences — a sumptuous St. Petersburg ball, the bourgeoisie skating on ice and Onegin’s final storming of his beloved’s inner sanctum (set to the “Mir ist so wunderbar” ensemble from “Fidelio”) — are equally memorable. What’s striking is that the film is not just a collection of visual set pieces. Stripping away the dialogue into almost Pinteresque exchanges, and giving the well-chosen cast time to develop a physical language for their roles, helmer Fiennes manages to draw the viewer into this particular universe of almost pure emotion.